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On 10 December 1956, it changed its title to the Northern Evening Telegraph and on 2 September 1963, the name changed again to Lancashire Evening Telegraph. The newspaper used full colour for the first time, on 11 November 1963, with spot colour introduced on 25 January 1965, and colour in classified advertising following on 19 March 1965.
Michael Berry (26 September 1938 – 8 April 2009), known professionally as Lennie Bennett, was an English comedian and game-show host.. After attending the Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool, Bennett became a journalist for the West Lancashire Evening Gazette before becoming a professional hypnotist and appearing on the BBC light entertainment programme The Good Old Days in 1969. [4]
Barry Askew (13 December 1936 – 17 April 2012 [1]) was a British journalist, editor of several provincial papers, including the Lancashire Evening Post and briefly of the News of the World. Askew grew up in Bakewell, Derbyshire. [2] He became editor of the Matlock Meteor at the age of 21. [3]
On 20 February, Lancashire Constabulary confirmed that the body was Bulley's. She was identified from her dental records. The cause of death was not immediately established. [44] [45] An inquest was opened on 22 February, at Preston coroner's court, before senior coroner James Adeley, once identification was confirmed he adjourned proceedings. [44]
Jean Adamson, MBE, (née Bailey; 29 February 1928 – 15 December 2024) was a British writer and illustrator of children's books.She was best known for the Topsy and Tim books, the first of which was published in 1960 and which have sold 27 million copies.
In the late 1950s, when teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney were putting together their earliest group in one part of Liverpool, Tony Barrow was presenting jazz bands and skiffle-folk groups at local dance halls and clubs across town, in the south Lancashire suburb of Crosby.
Born in Manchester, Blackburn was the eldest child of Renée and Jeffrey Blackburn, a local government official. [3] [4] His early years coincided with World War II, during which his family resided near Preston, Lancashire. [3]
Janet Anderson (6 December 1949 – 6 February 2023) was a British politician from the Labour Party.She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rossendale and Darwen from 1992 until 2010, when she lost her seat.